Knoll, Andrew H.

Professor of biology at the Botanical Museum at Harvard University. His
areas of expertise include the evolution of life, the evolution of Earth
surface environments, and the relationships between the two. He is particularly
interested in Archean and Proterozoic paleontology, carbonate sedimentology,
and biogeochemistry. His current areas of research include both the early
evolution of life and the neo-Proterozoic-Cambrian diversification of animals.
Knoll is currently a member of the Space Studies Board and the 1998 NAS
Nominating Committee. His previous NAS service includes membership on the
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Panel on the Effects of Past Global
Change on Life, Panel on the History of Life, Board on Earth Studies, Life
Sciences Task Group, and the Committee on Planetary Biology and Chemical
Evolution. Knoll received a B.A. from Lehigh University and an M.A. and
a Ph.D. in geology from Harvard University.